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Which of the tests in Tables 11.1 and 12.5 are appropriate to measure the undrained shea...

Which of the tests in Tables 11.1 and 12.5 are appropriate to measure the undrained shear strength for (a) a building foundation and (b) a cut slope for a highway in each of the following five cases:

(i) Sensitive Scandinavian clay.

(ii) Organic marine clay from the U.S. Gulf Coast.

(iii) Stiff fissured clay till from the midwest United States.

(iv) Canadian fibrous peat.

(v) Heavily overconsolidated swelling clay from New Mexico.

Reference: Tables 11.1

Reference: Tables 12.5

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